Cinema Listings

We have been presenting films at the Village Hall since September 2016 and in 2017 BLF funded a high-quality 7-speaker, audio-visual system and an installed 3.5m screen. There are no membership requirements and we invite people from Ravensthorpe and surrounding villages to enjoy our varied screenings. Capacity is in excess of 70, but we often fill the room and therefore advise booking tickets in advance.

There are two or more screenings a month from September to June – one mainstream film, one ‘cinephile’ screening and occasional classics. You will find details of how to book – along with a link – on each film page.

Mainstream

We choose the best of the best across diverse genres – typically these showings will be very well received recent films that people may have missed or smash hit older films that people would enjoy seeing again on ‘the big screen’.

Cinephile

These showings are typically foreign language films, documentaries or are of particular cinematographic merit. Often attended by a more committed cinema-goer and film lover, we would recommend you come along as we promise diverse ideas, styles and perspectives with insights into different cultures or ways of life.

Classics

Who doesn’t love a classic? We occasionally arrange classic film matinees. Whether you like black and whites, musicals or a good old fashioned western, join us one afternoon.

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December 2019

2018 - Certificate 15 - Yuli - Cinephile Based on the true story of acclaimed dancer Carlos Acosta (Principal Guest Artist Royal Ballet 2003- 2016), Directed by Icíar Bollaín, from the BAFTA-winning writer of I, Daniel Blake, Paul Laverty. YULI had its World Premiere at the San Sebastian Film Festival, where it won the Best Screenplay Award. It has gone on to receive five nominations for the Spanish ‘Goya’ awards including Best New Actor for Carlos Acosta, Best Cinematography…

January 2020

2017 - Certificate 15 - Phantom Thread - Mainstream With his latest film, Paul Thomas Anderson paints an illuminating portrait both of an artist on a creative journey, and the women who keep his world running in this story about the relationship between an eminent dressmaker and a young woman who becomes his muse and lover. This tale of obsession and self-doubt features what Daniel Day-Lewis has claimed will be his final film appearance. Celebrated couturier Reynolds Woodcock (Day-Lewis) and…

2008 - Certificate 15 - Shoplifters - Cinephile The 2018 Cannes Film Festival Palme d'Or-winning film from visionary director Kore-eda Hirokazu is a critically-acclaimed portrait of a family in Japan. After another successful shoplifting spree, Osamu and his son come across a little girl in the freezing cold and invite her home with them. Osamu's wife Nobuyo reluctantly agrees to shelter her after learning of the hardships she faces. Although the family is poor, relying on petty crime alongside their…

February 2020

2017 - Certificate 12A - The Children Act - Mainstream Fiona Maye (Emma Thompson) is an eminent judge in the Family Division of the High Court, making daily decisions about complex family issues. But her workload is heavy and her marriage to American professor Jack (Stanley Tucci) is at breaking point. In this moment of personal crisis, Fiona is asked to rule in the case of Adam (Fionn Whitehead), a brilliant and beautiful teenager who is refusing on religious grounds…

2019 - Certificate - 12A - Honeyland - Cinephile Nestled in an isolated mountain region deep within the Balkans, kindly Hatidze Muratova lives with her ailing mother in a deserted village without roads, electricity or running water. She's the last in a long line of Macedonian wild beekeepers using traditional methods to eke out a living farming honey in small batches. When an unruly itinerant family moves in what at first seems like a balm for her solitude becomes a…

March 2020

2006 - Certificate 15 - Little Miss Sunshine - Mainstream This heart-warming Oscar winning comedy follows a dysfunctional family on a frantic road trip across the US in a decrepit Volkswagen van to deliver their youngest to a child beauty pageant on time. Olive Hoover (Abigail Breslin) is an ordinary little girl, perhaps even on the plain side as far as looks go, but she has a dream cast in stone - to win the Little Miss Sunshine child beauty…

2019 - Certificate 12A - Knives Out - Postponed Mainstream Acclaimed writer and director Rian Johnson (Brick, Looper, The Last Jedi) pays tribute to mystery mastermind Agatha Christie in Knives Out a fun, modern-day murder mystery where everyone is a suspect. When renowned crime novelist Harlan Thrombey (Christopher Plummer) is found dead at his estate just after his 85th birthday, the inquisitive and debonair Detective Benoit Blanc (Daniel Craig) is mysteriously enlisted to investigate. From Harlan's dysfunctional family to his…

April 2020

2019 - Certificate 15 - Official Secrets - Mainstream Official Secrets is based on the true case of Katharine Gun, a translator working for the British security services at the GCHQ surveillance unit in Cheltenham. In 2003, she was astonished to receive an email making it plain that the United States were enlisting Britain’s help in collecting comprising information on United Nations Security Council representatives from small countries so that they could be blackmailed into voting for the war in…

2019 - Certificate 12 - Diego Maradona - Cinephile On 5th July 1984, Diego Maradona arrived in Naples for a world-record fee and for seven years all hell broke loose. The world's most celebrated football genius and the most dysfunctional city in Europe were a perfect match for each other. Maradona was blessed on the field but cursed off it; the charismatic Argentine, quickly led Naples to their first-ever title. It was the stuff of dreams. But there was a…

May 2020

2019 - Certificate 15 - Sorry We Missed You - Mainstream Ricky (Kris Hitchen) and his family have been fighting an uphill struggle against debt since the 2008 financial crash. An opportunity to wrestle back some independence appears with a shiny new van and the chance to run a franchise as a self employed delivery driver. It's hard work, and his wife (Debbie Honeywood) Abbie's job as a carer is no easier. The family unit is strong but when both…

2017 - Certificate 15 - The Guardians/Les Gardiennes - Cinephile The Guardians is a French drama, set during the First World War, in which a woman hires a young orphan to help out on her family's farm. In Xavier Beauvois’ fierce, compassionate drama, the first world war casts a terrible shadow over a farming community. The gender divide of this movie, and its whole point, are clearer in the original French title: Les Gardiennes, the female guardians, the women who…

The Village Hall has access and facilities for the disabled and an audio loop is available for hearing aid users. We offer a licensed bar with complimentary tea and coffee. Ravensthorpe Village Cinema is run on behalf of the RVH by Mo Cobbe (Film Selection) and Mike Cobbe (General Manager and Bookings) who are assisted by volunteers in film selection, bar and screenings. We are a member of the BFI Film Hub Midlands (BFI ID BFINC009918) and Cinema for All.

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